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N5359J

Piper PA-34-220T

Valid Illinois

N5359J is a Piper PA-34-220T, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lyndon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 21, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 24, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-34-220T · all PA-34-220Ts and related versions
Serial number
3449267
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Cont Motor TSIO-360 SER · 225 hp
Seats
7
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A6C69C (octal 51543234)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 21, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
April 27, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · November 24, 2002
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00020449

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vander Leest Roland R
Type
Individual
Address
12394 Yorktown Rd
Lyndon, IL 61261-9558

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1981-01-16Cessna 421C · exported to Germany · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N5359J, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Vander Leest Roland R, an individual, certificate issued March 21, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated November 24, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3449267 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5359J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 421C (serial 421C0672, cancelled January 16, 1981). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5359J: Accident on July 16, 2003 at Port Huron, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI03LA279Accident on July 16, 2003 at Port Huron, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-34-220T · operated under 091

The pilot misjudging the flare during landing, and his inadequate remedial action resulting in the inadvertent porpoise of the airplane.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI03LA279 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data